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Double bar line These indicate some change in the music, such as a new musical section, or a new key/time signature. Bold double bar line These indicate the conclusion of a movement or composition. Dotted bar line These can be used to subdivide measures of complex meter into shorter segments for ease of reading. Brace
A repeat sign (or, repeat bar line [1]) looks like the music end, but it has two dots, one above the other, indicating that the section of music that is before is to be repeated. The beginning of the repeated passage can be marked by a begin-repeat sign ; if this is absent, the repeat is understood to be from the beginning of the piece or movement.
When a fermata is placed over a bar or double-bar, it is used to indicate the end of a phrase or section of a work. In a concerto, it indicates the point at which the soloist is to play a cadenza. [4] A fermata can occur at the end of a piece (or movement) or in the middle of a piece. It can be followed by either a brief rest or more notes.
The corresponding sign to show where the repeat is from is either the same sign reversed (if it is at the beginning of a bar), or the dots themselves (if it is in the middle of a bar). First and second endings are given with just the numbers above the corresponding bars.
The dagger symbol originated from a variant of the obelus, originally depicted by a plain line − or a line with one or two dots ÷. [7] It represented an iron roasting spit, a dart, or the sharp end of a javelin, [8] symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter. [9] [10] [11]
bōsen (棒線, "bar line") Indicates a lengthened vowel sound. Often used with katakana. The direction of writing depends on the direction of text. ゛ 212B: 1-1-11: 309B (standalone), 3099 : dakuten (濁点, "voiced point") nigori (濁り, "voiced") ten-ten (点々, "dots") Used with both hiragana and katakana to indicate a voiced sound.
The punt volat ("flying point") is used in Catalan between two Ls in cases where each belongs to a separate syllable, for example cel·la, "cell". This distinguishes such " geminate Ls" ( ela geminada ), which are pronounced [ ɫ ː ] , from "double L" ( doble ela ), which are written without the flying point and are pronounced [ ʎ ] .
The modern dagger symbol originated from a variant of the obelus, originally depicted by a plain line −, or a line with one or two dots ⨪ ÷. [7] It represented an iron roasting spit, a dart, or the sharp end of a javelin, [8] symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter. [9]